Plymouth's Heart Safe Initiative aims to save lives

Teddy Okerstrom, 16, went into Sudden Cardiac Arrest on the Wayzata High School football field while running sprints on June 16, 2009. Teddy’s heart experienced ventricular fibrillation, meaning his heart stopped pumping blood and was doing little more than quivering. Teddy was clinically dead.

Coaches and players from the Trojan Power program immediately began a chain of response. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation began, 911 was called and an Automated External Defibrillator was retrieved from the high school gymnasium.